// illustrates why using floats for money is bad

public class Money {
  private static float BIG_VALUE = 1e8F; // precision limit for float

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    float num = BIG_VALUE;
    for(int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
      num += 1.0;
    System.out.println(BIG_VALUE + " + 1000: " + num);

    num = 0.0F;
    for(int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
      num += 1.0;
    num += BIG_VALUE;
    System.out.println("1000 + " + BIG_VALUE + ": " + num);
  }
}